Detachable sail-fastening for mast-hoops



Nb. 749,968. PATBNTEYD JAN. 19, 1 904; A. KLATT.

'DETAGHABLE SAIL FASTENING FOR MAST HOOPS.

APPLIOATION.FILED MAY 20, 1902.

no MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENTI OFFICE.

ALBERT KLATT, OF OOLLINSVILLE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EMIL EMMINGTON, OF'COLLINSVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

DETACHABLE SAIL-FASTENING FOR MAST-HOOPS- SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,968, dated January 19, 1904.

Application filed May 20, 1902. Serial No. 108,159. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT KLATT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Collinsville, in the county of Solano and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Detachable Sail-Fastenings for Mast-Hoops,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel fastening means or device for securing the luff of a sail to its mast-hoops that will allow the sail to be readily detached and unbent without removing the hoops from the mast.

To such end and object the invention consists in a novel fastening device, in combination with a mast-hoop comprising a ring,

adapted to be permanently secured to the luff of the sail, a mast-hoop having a slit or aperture to admit the sail-ring, and a latch .on the hoop to engage the ring and detachably lock or secure the hoop and the sail-ring together. The nature of the said invention and the manner in which I proceed to produce, apply,

and carry out the same are explained at length in the following specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a plan or top view of a masthoop and a portion of the sail, showing the latter attached to the hoop by the fastening. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken diametrically through the mast-hoop and the sail-ring on the line 00 m. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the line y y or in a plane at right angles to the section Fig. 2.

The several parts that enter into the construction of this fastening are herein designated the sail-ring a, latch Z2, and mast-loop e. The rings a are sewed or otherwise secured to the luff of the sail at proper intervals apart along the edge, and in each hoop is a slot 0, extending transversely through it from the outer to the inner side at one point in the circumference and of proper size to admit the sail-ring. The latch 5 is formed with a hoop shaped portion 2 on one end and an eye A on the other end for a screw 5, by which the latch is loosely attached to the hoop. 'On this screw 5 as a pivot the latch is moved across the aperture 0, so as to set through the sail-ring after that part is passed through the aperture. The part 2 is formed or provided with shoulders or projections 6 6, that extend over the upper side and beneath the under side of the ring when the latter is locked to the masthoop. These projections prevent the latch from being accidentally thrown out of the ring. In this construction it will be noticed that the latch-piece is held in working position by the ring itself, and it cannot be withdrawn until the outward pull or strain on the ring is slackened sufiiciently to let the latch.

be drawn out of the ring.

As thus described this improved fastening afiiords a ready means of attaching the luff of the sail to the mast-hoops and of quickly detaching the sail from the hoops when it is to be unbent.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device for securing sails to mast-hoops, comprising a ring secured to the sail, a masthoop having an aperture to admit the ring, and a latch insertible through the ring between the hoop and the ring after the latter is passed through the aperture in the hoop.

2. The combination with a mast-hoop havof a sail-ring insertible through the aperture in the hoop, and a removable latch-piece insertible through the ring between the masthoop and the ring.

3. A device for detachably securing sails to mast-hoops, comprising a sail-ring, a masthoop having an' aperture for the ring, and a removable latch-piece adapted for insertion through the ring and between that part and the hoop after the ring is inserted in the aperture, said latch-piece having projections to engage the ring on both sides.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT KLATT.

Witnesses:

J. P. ABBOTT, GEO. A. TURNER.

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